that this means the worst is yet to come. Once out of sight, the captain turns to his tablet and begins analysing the incoming data in an attempt to work out what’s going on from the limited information he has access to.
Moments later, a PRC quadrocopter intercepts the captain’s helicopter with a set of scatter explosives that rip the tail and one of the main rotor blades clean off, causing the helicopter to begin its terminal spin towards the ground, now two thousand feet below. The captain grips tightly onto his seatbelt straps holding his shoulders close to the seat while he looks out the window during free fall. Just before impact, he smiles slightly to himself and nods to no one in particular.
Kacey stands in her study with the curtain open. She looks up at the moon rising above the neighbours’ rooftops and spots Jupiter nearby, the only other astral phenomenon she’s able to see from her vantage point. She sips at a glass of red wine and tries to avoid thinking about the day’s events. Her mind reflexively gets filled with criminal activities enabled by the emerging conditions. Each time this occurs, she shakes her body slightly and refocuses. She does this for several minutes until she remembers a hiking trip she made with her husband and daughter to a national park in Pennsylvania: the smell of the forest, the sounds of the birds, the camping, the quiet moments spent together looking out across the valleys and the mountains. She remembers for the first time in several years the smiles and the laughter of her daughter and how that could so quickly give way to complaining, screaming and crying … and back again. She smiles and almost laughs.
She’s given no warning as a PRC quadrocopter approaches the house and launches a mini-missile from around two hundred yards, which proceeds straight to her heat signature data that’s streamed into its navigation system.
The quadrocopter changes course and heads to its next target.
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[This title contains the complete NEW WORLD TRILOGY, which includes my second novel DAY ZERO, and the short story sequels, AGENT ZERO and NEW WORLD.]
Taking place later this century, DAY ZERO and AGENT ZERO trace the events leading to and following the World Revolution and the emergence of the struggle towards New World Dynamics, which is examined further in NEW WORLD.
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